CVE-2015-5284 describes a critical vulnerability in FreeIPA versions prior to 4.2.2, where the ipa-kra-install script incorrectly places the CA agent certificate and private key in a world-readable directory, /etc/httpd/alias/kra-agent.pem. This flaw carries a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can remotely access sensitive cryptographic material, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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